Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2019

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Watford

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Watford: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Craig Cathcart opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Heung-min Son (80') and Fernando Llorente (87'). Watford scored through Craig Cathcart (38').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 51 points from 23 and Watford 9th on 33 points from 23. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Watford 11th with 50.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 3-5-2 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Llorente of Tottenham Hotspur (8.2), ahead of Danny Rose (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 1 for Watford.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Watford's D-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Craig CathcartWatford · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 74'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 80'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Fernando LlorenteTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · José HolebasWatford
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Isaac SuccessWatford

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 2, Watford 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-5-2)

Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sánchez, Jan Vertonghen, Serge Aurier, Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks, Christian Eriksen, Danny Rose, Fernando Llorente, Heung-min Son

Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Tom Cleverley, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney